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Nassau County Review
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 12,1917
Vol. XX, No. 2
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Freeport
Village Trustees
Social and Personal \ News of the Churches
Merrick
Bellmore
»e«pf«of the Revifw fen- mir at Crren- (Thurndsy, jHt). 4. lyiT)
•ISSl^O^iril kJvJ;^ t'=:s7vi;V'i^^^^ Application from fire department I'i. »Uln Street; si<in<-y Smith, and Mich- for pblmutor, Hfid accident insurance on
Brief Itrrn. Coi
rninn Rr>i<jenti of Our . and Their GuoU. Visit, and Social Aff-itn
S'c, Wnt Merrick Kowl.
HIGHWAIKK TintJ TABLfc (Official fi(5ure8 for Sandy Hook) Friday Jan. Sfttarduy, 8and*y Mondby, Toeaday, Wedneaday, Thursday. Friday Seturriay.
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• fire trucks laid over. ¦ I'ermission Riv¬ en fur aale of Hunie nld tire depart¬ ment appirntuif, slflo for I'urchass of iiew battery for Iruck No. .1.
Police Juat'ce report coliected $H for four revolver licei.sc?.
Application k'''*"''-^^ tor water to ' Pettit & Anderson. I.^na Avenue. , The nan.e nf Honaevelt Place, run¬ ning from Mernck Koad tn Srnith Street, waa changed to Elm ."Street.
KusHell Avtnue. frooi Fr( derick Avenui' enat to villBge lirn' (.hunged tu Willow Avenue.
It was d?'cided to leavf Kliiott Street
3 Moon. — Mrs. Ward C. Moon ia ?eri- ou.^ly ill of pneumonia.
GreRcry.—Ednon Gregory of FVrn- (iale, N. Y , visited Wealey Pear-iall eet over
5ub/cct of Srraiotu. Sorvic.t of the week
and other doinr* in the churches
and church M>ci«tie8
CATHOLIC
The tinis for the Masses on Sunduy is « -.III) and 10:.30 a. m.
Thi» column is e<iit«l l.v 1- ¦ndfnil items shoald he M-nt j'rrtion under tins headinir.
I Frank Robt-rtu is our represenUtive in Hellmore ; and vicinity. All or^iers and news left with him i will rt»ceive the sam*r-careful attention as at our
Services at the Church, of the Ke-; Miss Mattie Willmarth wishes to deemer Sunday, the Second After Epi- thank her friends and neighbors for phany. at 11 o'clock A. M. and 8 their kindneas to her darinn th« sick¬ ness and death of her mother, Mrs.
if Havnor Street
(he weekend.
at 11 o'clock A. .M o'clock P. M. Morning Prayer and se mnn. E'erting Prayer and sermun
PICESByTERlAN The regular montiily meeting of the Tht Church School meet.<! eaeh Sanday "in the Parish House at Ki o'clock A .M. The WomKo's Auxiliary to thi Board of Missions meets weekly oi Thursdays at 2.o(l P. M. and will wel come any Merrick woman to its mem
Ladies' Improvement Society will be held in the church parlor next Wed-
severe attack of la improving
Rrippe.
Help One Another n ^,,ag ,)r,cided toleavf Kliiott street home by
Recently it haa come to my atten- as it is. This is only a Hli.irt .«lreet so in slowly tion that women who h.ve gone from furas it iu.,3 in thev nUge but goes;
, , • f up into Hoosevelt. The other similar : Village Trustee and Mrs. John H houae to houae seeking aid, eiK ing ior I ^_^^^ J _^^^^^^ f,:iii„tt. Pl«rp rnn» frnm ' MahrkHn and Mr. and .Mrs. John J
Collsrd. — Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Coi- lard of North Bergen Plhce have gone ' nesday afternoon, January 17, at 1:30 to Southern Pines. N. C, for the re-1 o'clock.
inaining Winter months. ;
- CHKISTIAN SCIENCE
Walter?. —V.G. Walters of 164 Pine pirgt Church of Christ, Scientist. _.., „
Street, who has been conlned to his i services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, weekly on Tue.?dttys at
Gertrude D. Willmarth.
John J. Bedell, familiarly known as "Farmer John." has gone to New¬ foundland, N. J., for the benefit of hia health. Mr. Bedell recently went through a series of operations at the
Roosevelt
Frank S. .-%nei<ek !eat*tive. in in th hiOiaflitrtLfnl to 1 ippointmi'iAts for n
t v'illatre ¦ceive <p illinK f<»r
ur auihorix»!»l repre- every Tue»d»>, and N-ial itrn\». or mak« same.
Eulton and Franklin Streets, Hemp¬ stead ; subject nex t Sunday, January 14, "Sacrament."
bership. A social hour and tea are Mineola Hospital which considerably enjoyed at 4.30. The Boy Scouts meet impaired his health and he has gone to
the highlands of New Jersey to recup¬ erate.
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I named street, Elliott Place, runs from .Mahrken and Mr.
South Side Avenue to Rose Street.
money and clothing, when asked why ¦be did not apply at Neighborhood
Workers'office in one case said ahe^.Edwards President fc^d called many timea and they re- Of Frecport Club
ftised to help her. Aa this woman. At the annual election of the Free- never came to our office, in the future port Club Monday evening Elvin N. we Will appreciate it if, when anyone
if you
comes to your door for help, will take the name and 'phone or send it to us by mail. Ask the person to call at our office, :39 Railroad Averrae, between 9 and 12 in the morning. Before helping anyone please call over the phone, we probably have the case snd can give you information. If we haven't the record we will be glad to investigate the case and report it to you. It i» irnpossible to do any per¬ manent good in the community single- handed. We muat have ert operation. (Neighborhood Workers.
The December roll of honor, Free- port Hchools, IB published,.^sewhere in this issue.
Chubbuck'a drug atore was awarded a prize of $30 for third place for its , display window advortining phono ; graphs, for the Christmas season Over 500 stoiea competed
Any of our readers having a copy of i the Nassau Cnunty Review, issue of; November 10, to spare, will favor ua : by telephoning our ottice when we will ' be Rlad to send for it, to complete oar I 1916 files.
'Ita'
^olund left Monday via the Old Do minion Line lor a brii^f visit to Old Point Comfort, Norfolk, Pinehiirst and Washington.
Colyer.—Mr. and Mrs. Whitson Col¬ yer have been visiting with their son, Dr. George Clifford Colyer, at Peek- skill, N. v.. for a few davs. Dr. Col¬ yer's wi fe'a mother died Tuesday nf last week, and hin parenta went up there at that time.
Freeport liank
Continues to Prosper
The Directors of the Pre> port Hank the other offleers, alao unanimously at their last meeting pa.'-sed a rcsolu- elected, aa named by the iiotiiinatipg tinn increasing the surplus fund of the i committee, were: Forrest S. DunbAr, Bank to $75,000, thus giving to thei vice president; John S. Sumner, »ec-| depositois an additional leturily in' retary; Charles M. Vanderoef, treas-i the way of surplus. The growth and
Edwarda, who assumed his new ofTice as second assistant District Attorney of Nassau County on January 1, was addresa or unanimously elected President t-o suc¬ ceed C. Dwight Baker, who hi:id 'he ntlice for two terma, arid und( r whom 2;i menibera were added lo the Cluh roster in the last year.
The meeting was the largest attend
67r)-W, 88 p(j annual meeting in some time, and
in record
VV. C. T. U.
I Mrs. Charles W. Bedell entertained 1 the W. C. T. I), at her home, S7 Smith eits, ! Street, last Thursday afternoon, when Mrs. C. M. Flint was re-elected presi dent and Misa M. Kelley, treasurer; Mra. J. W. Wiggins was elected vice president and Mrs. Bedell, secretary.
P. M.
The G. F. S. meeta bi-weekly at 7.:!0 P. M. Choir practice ii held cm Thurs¬ days Ht 8 P. M. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend the ser¬ vices of this church and to become identified with ita community inter-
EPISgOPAL i The Woman's Guild of the Episcopal . Church of the Transfiguration will hold a cake sale at the home of Mrs. Arthur Nosworthy, 281 West Merrick Road, jSaturday afternoon of this week, Jan¬ uary 13, from 2 to 6 o'clock.
BAPTIST
I Rev. William Breckenridge, pa.stor, will preach at both servicea on Sun¬ day; 11 a. m. subject, "Kept in Per¬ fect Peace;" 7 :30 p. m.. "Jehovah-
Leo Klock and fsmily after a trial [ of Merrick attractions, stopping with' the Kobert Kiela, have decided to rent i and will take on the first of next' month the house on Oakwood Ave. I formerly occufiied by Frank Ives and family.
The annual meeting of the Second District Republican Association waa held at Firemen's Hall last Friday ev¬ ening, when the following officers were elected: John G. Deubert, president; Dr. H. V. Ho'comb, vice president; Charles E. Pitchman, recording secre¬ tary ; Charles W. Smith, financial sec¬ retary; William Wolfe, treasurer; Harry E. Merrit, sergeant-at arms. Preparations were made for an elabor¬ ate campaign at the coming town
Mr. and .Mrs. .Arthur Dennis are en¬ tertaining a young son. t^urii Sunday, January 7.
The H. K. Zeiner Co. located in the Post Office building have done away with.the grocery bu.= ine8s entirely and i henceforth will devote their attention to the s»le of coal and wood. !
.Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Ciarknoii went i South for a three months' stay on Mon- i
meeting next April all elections a good majority is assured.
and as is usual at solid Republican
Charlea Friseh, who has been con¬ fined to his home for some time, suf¬ fering from grip, is again able to be about,
.Mrs Gertude D. Willmarth. wife of Robert T. Willmarth, of Grand Ave
day, gtoppinj» at Nhphhu, Fin. for three ! ^u^^ jjed suddenly at her homo on Fri
or four weeks and then coihing with various stops.
ELVIN N. EDWARDS New President Ffeeport Club
Draws at Anierican Theatre
"Ita," the woman who tells her aud¬ ience answers to questions they have iu their pockets and which ahe does not see, continues to draw crowds at the American Theatre, and last Satur day afternoon it was neceasary to call
out the police to keep movinK the i ia always before the Clob, was dis-- crowd unable to get in. The engage-1 cussed at length, but it was decided ment of "Ita" haa been carried for-1 the time waa not right for this and ward for a third week, becaus* of thei that no action should be taken until it unosual interest ih her bright answers] was again brought before the Club
I officially.
The question of changing the time of the annual meeting occupied some
LUTHERAN j The services in this church are hild
at 10:30 a.m. and 7:45 p. m. 'Jhe I Sunday School meets at '2 :.'fO p. ni. J The devotional meeting of tbe Luther i League is held every Sunday eveninj;
bt 7:00 p. m. We extend a wtlcoiiit
lo all.
1 METHODIST
j "Every Man for Himself and God I Wants the Last Man," is to be the I topic of Dr. Curtice's sermon nexl j Sunday morning. The evening sermon is to be a sequel to tbat of the morn- i ing, the subect being "No Lonely Liv- ;ing." These two sermons will treat
The monthly meeting of the Merrick ('ivic League Inc. will be held in the I'arish House of tlieC^hurch of the Re¬ deemer next week Friday at S,30 P. M.
Harry G. .Muller has been ill at his home here for the last ten days with tlireatened appendicitis. It seems like¬ ly that an operation will be necesaary.
to the -questions put to her.
FJrst National Re-elects
At tbe annual meeting of the stock¬ holders of the First National Bank on Friday the directora, Rosweil Davis, John K. Eldridge, C. Milton Foreman,
flireciura. for two i'ear.a, Sidney ' development of this strong banking Jirch," or "God's Provision for Man's II. >'wfzey, Sidney L. Gibson, Charles institution is most gratifying to the Need." Bible School at 11:45 a.m. .V. Iiart and Hiram R. Smith; for one ; officers and directors and is an evi- i Thursday at 8 p. m., mid-week service ytar, William F. Cornell. , dence of the confidence rei)osed in it ' for prayer and Bible study.
The question of a gymniisiiiin, which hy tho reaidenta of the Village of
Freeport and its adjoininc territory. At the meeting ot the stockholders Tuesday afternoon it was decided to reduce the number of Dire^^tors to eleven, instead of twelve, as before, one of the number, George M. Randall, having died during the year. The Di¬ rectors were all then re-elected, name¬ ly, Edgar Jackson, William S. llall, Harvey B. Smith, Wallace H. Corn- well, Coles Pettit, William E. Gulder, Daniel B. Raynor, Smith Cox, D. Wesley Pine, John J. Randall and Wil¬ liam G. Miller. Charles D. Smith, Daniel Morriaon and Walter C. Rhodes were elected inspectors of election.
William S. Hail, cashier of tbis flourishing bank, will finish hia 25 j of the individualism of the Gospel on showed their appreciation by liberal years aervice as its cashier on March i the one hand and the inseparableness j anplause. The work of the Quintette 3. Mr. Hall began his banking career j of men in their character, conduct and was admirable as was to be expected in the Hempstead Bank at Hempstead experiences on the other hand. ' from such talented ladies. Miss Anna
and is now vice president of that in-, A week of prayer is being observed : Mc.Cord and George ChristolTel in so-
stitution. i this week, with special services each los were pleasing. Mrs. Calkins' pu-
,_, . f *!. OI- »i leveningfrom Tuesday to Friday, in- pils did themselvea proud and are a
I aming ot tne bnrew | elusive. ' credit to her ability as n teacher. We
Eduard Waldmann, Shakeaperean j regret that the program is not at hand
actor, is arranging an elaborate pro-' MERRICK to print in its entirety as showing the
duction of the Shakespeare sparkling j St. John's Evangelical Lutheran i "»*"•¦« o^'he piano work pursued but comedy, "The Taming of the Shrew," j Church, Camp \venue, west of Mer- ¦ suffice it to say that Merrick has not at the American Theatre on Wednes- rjck Avenue; pastor. William Stein-| been ao happy hefore io having so ex- day evening, February 24, under aus-(bicker; services every Sunday at 10:45 if e"«n' « resident piano instructor for
North (j„y morning ot last week. Funeral servicea wen? held from her late resi¬ dence Sunday afternoon, Rev. Thomafl j S. Braithwaite. former iiastor of Wan-I tagh .Memorial Church, officiating, and interment was trade m Greenfield Cemetery. Mrs. Willmarth was 41 years of age, and is aurvived by her hUMband and one daughter, Mattie.
An attractive entertainment giveii in the Parish House last Friday evening by the piano pupils of Mrs. Chas. A. Calkina assisted by a quin¬ tette of ladiea comprising Mesdames Calkins, F. G. Hill, WM. F. Rohltfs, C. H. Reach and Mrs. Ji,.M. Knobel. Weather conditions were not propi¬ tious for a large attendance but a fair- 'y good audience was present and
time and it was decided informally that it should he changed to the first Monday in June. Tbe Club will be
The annual eleclion of oflicers ofthe Bellmore Board of Trade took place at its meeting laat Monday evening in Fire.n):>n'8 Hall, tbe following being was i selected to govern that body for tbe "coming year: Peter Johnson, jiresi¬ dent; .lohn J. Gangloff, firat vich presi¬ dent; John D. Grove, sec(;nd vice (iteaident; Wiiliam HI. Bowne, third vice preaident; R. M. Dalziel, record¬ ing secretarv; Charles Witteman, financial secretary ; John J. Lowrey, treasurer; F. P. Talbott, William Wolfe. Marshall T. McDonald, Ander¬ son Bloomer, and H. J. Eaton, Hoard of Governors ; Walter Peterman, ser geanl at arms. All the standing com mittees of the previous year were re¬ appointed. This organization, whici started a little more than a year ago with B membership of only twelve, now numbers about seventy and is still growing rapidly. A number of im¬ provements of materiai benefit to the village have been secured through the Roard and aeveral more are being pro¬ jected.
.Mrs. Mary F. Mol'lnesuv ha.-t dis¬ posed of her property, corner Hemp- steadBabylun Turnpike and Nassau Road, to B. F. Mulch of F'reeport. Thia properly, containing the store building formerly occupiid by Fred and Jesse .Mcjllineaux as a grocery, has long been a landmark of thia village, and its improvement will be nf great interest and benefit to the community.
The Young People's Society of St. Paul's Episcopal Church held its regu¬ lar monthly social at the home of Mr. and Mra. Ira Searby. Centennial Ave¬ nue, last Friday, evening. .Nearly thirty members were present and sides were chosen, after which an indoor athletic meet was held, which afforded much anniaement. Rev. Adelbert J. Smith, after finishing bis services in Smithville South, was present, aa were also Rev. and Mra. William Lander of Dunton, L. I. .^t the close of the games light refreshmenta were served, Tbe aim of tbis Society is to raise sufficient funda during the coming year ao as to materially reduce the mort¬ gage on the ihurth property, ull tne proceeds from tlieir entertainments going into a fund for Ihat purpose.
Mrs (!. A. Darhiig of Niis^aii Roatl haa been conlined to her h inie for sev eral days willian attack nf the grippe.
The recent in'provcnieut nf .Mans field Avenue with I'l'ckskill gravel is greatly appriciHti 1 by the cili/eiia and achoiil chiliiii.i u Ixi have to u.«>' that tlioroiiglifart' dai!\. Uf late tlmugh. the young lads going to or reluming from school have liirnnMl a lial'il for viliich they should be spolcen to by their parents. It is ahno-it a daily sight tn i-.ee seveial of the boya in the mid.!e n; the stieet biirliiiu' the cob¬ ble inn,.- n! each other. Only recent¬ ly u. •' voimt! lad had liia collarbone crack ii, vvhile on Tuesday afternoon a giT!"'l Itny of about aix years waa struck o!, the head with n stone almut. the size of a walnut. It is hoped thai the parenta will caution their children ¦¦aiiiiis! thia practice a.-* it is very easy to tee that a bl.iw on the temple may
re: uit ill fHta! the Dli- altUik.
ir la-iting injuries to
pices of the Church of Our Holy Re¬ deemer. Mr. Wdldmann wiU appear in the principal role, that of Petrucb¬ io, while the other parts in the comedy will be taken by local talent. Mr.
offi¬ cially
The nominating committee for next year was named, consisting of Oliver J. Comminga, Clarence A. Edwards, Werner Nygren, Frank E. Pitcher, William B. Austin, Robert G. Ander¬ son and William D. Finch.
Edgar Jackson, Erneat S. Randall and i meeting before action is taken Daniel Morrison, were re-elected. C. A. Fdlton and W. H. Poat were chosen inapectora.
Tbe official report in this Issue is evidence of the continued prosperity of thii thriving inatitution.
Peters Talks on
_ •'¦ Qood Cranks
A iairly'large .srowd, weather con¬ sidered, of represeDtative|!S citizens greeted Rev. Madison C. Peters at the Baptist Cburch to hear hia talk on "Cranki" Tuesday evening. Mr. Pat¬ era apoke of "constructive cranka," oaing the word in a broad term, refer ring to inventora and pablio benefac- tora, considered cranka in tbeir day, aucb as Fulton, Stevenson and Lincoln, and emphasized tbe need—the import¬ ance—of men having the courage of tbeir convictions.
Fourteen Years Ago
called for the purpose at a special i Waldmann will be remembered by lo-
I cal theatre-goers for his performance of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," when he appeared with his own company several years ago at tbia same theatre. "The Taming of the Sbrew" was one nf tbe roost popular plays produced by Sotbern & Marlow at tbe Manhat- tan Opera House a few years ago, and
its young people.
In accepting a position on the Board i has recently been given by Mr. Wald
mann at Babylon, Bay Shore, Hunting¬ ton and other villages on Long Island.
(Items of interest from the Review flies fourtueu yeare ago this weok)
of Directors Supervisor Hiram R Smith aaid tbe work waa new to him bat b« wished to unite with his fellow-directors in helping the new President to make this a most success¬ ful year and quoted a little couplet from Byron:
To have joy one must share Happiness was born a twin Platt Conklin, who has been a di rector of the Club since its organiza¬ tion some sixteen yebrs ago, declined to accept the office any longer, and a resolution was passed expressing the appreciation and good-will of his fel low-numbers. Mr,
Weekly Weather Report
(For our readers in other localities)
Friday, January 6, rainy, warm, continuing wet since early in week.
Saturday, clear, warm.
Sunday, clear, some windy; nice day.
Monday, clear, nice day.
Tuesday, clear/in a. m., rain in af¬ ternoon, cleared off damp in evening.
Wedneaday, clear, damp in morning;
windy in afternoon, thermometer
Conklin assured I dropped from 40 at night to 20 next
thero this did not mean any less inter-' morning.
est in the work—only tbat he wished I Thursday, biting cold wind, ov« ^^^__ to be relieved of responsibility—if ' cast.
Alvin Soathard appointed baggage Jhereja. ...y^thing i^^^ pow« to^do | ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
master of L. I. R. R. at Freeport, "to better facilitate the handling of iU business here."
Charles P. Heyward gives up work and leaves for a long rest for treat¬ ment for nervous trouble brought on by overwork,
Jaroes Dean re-elected president Freaport Clab.
Charles Lenkar received a carload of eoal Friday, tbe first coasignment here in some time. Hr. Lenker was be- aiagad by a large number of persons in naed of coal and supplied a few at $10 a ton. Nearly alt tbe cargo, how- was purchased by a local coal
•van
firm, which raised tbe price to f 14 and , Beverly Road, in April.
found ready buyers at that price. On i Dr. Wilson has successfully
members to count on him to the limit. Andrews, Miss Mae
I Braman, Mr. and Mrs., F. T.. 2
Dr. Wilson Called Bamani. Mrs. p. a.
in^ Tanth V«»ai-1 Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. S.
Tor lenin lear g^,j^^^p ^^ ^^^ „,^ Emmett
The 6fficial Board of ths De Kalb Bergen, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church | Bedell, Miss Viola has called for the tenth year its pas- i Cameron, Mrs. Mary tor. Rev. Dr. W. W. Wilson (former DeMille, Miss Juanita pastor of Freeport M. E. Cburch) and I Eaulin, Mias Ola he has accepted subject to the appoint-; Freeport Glass Works ment by Bishop Luther B. Wilson, Fitzgerald, M. wbo will preside over the sessions of | prankiin. Miss Lillian tlte New York East Conference in St. ; Fisher, Josaph Mark's Church, Ocean Avenue and Franklin^ M^a. M. P. "
I Golden, Harry served | Hebbard. Jonathan
Bible School at 9:30 regular monthly meeting of the Parish Aid Society Wednesday afternoon, January 17. at tbe bome of Mrs. Kan- delin. The catechumens meet at the chapel every Wednesday at 8:15. A meeting will be beld at tbe chapel Thursday evening, January 18, for the
purpose of adopting a constitution, j "««" "«" ""ended. It is a good-fel- electing officers and attending to such i 'ow time and with smoke and conver business as may come before tbe meet- j "•*'<»" ¦"'^ ¦ "peecb or two of limited ing. Everyone interested in the wel-1 'eng*b and with songs, roareh-around. fare and progress of the congregation ¦ ""•* g«me» and refreshments has prov¬ is urged to be present. «" ¦ *«" remembered night of the
- -year. Gentlemen, save the date-Jan-
Claims He Was uary 23rd Tuesday. Watch out for
. ,. . J r-» Ll- J ' "n invitation next week and if one is
Assaulted and Robbed j not forthcoming, there i« some mis- Matthias Brewi, formerly a hotel | take. The Men's Club ia « good host, keeper, residing at Mineola, claims he i ____
was assailed on Atlantic Avenue late ! Announcement has been made oi the
Obituary
The Eighth Anniversary of the Men's DEATH OF FATHER OF Club will be held in the rarish House' MRS. R. M. LAMB
upon the evening of January 23rd.' Louis Chevallier, 69 years old, of This has been an annual event to which ; MB Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, a deal- all the men of the village ara invited I er in sewing machines and musical in- by special invitation and has always ¦ strunients, died on Thursday of last
week from heart trouble.
Mr. Chevallier was born in Elber- field, Germany, had lived at the Gra¬ ham Avenue address for fifty years, and carried on husiness there all that time. He also had a atore at 136 Greenpoint Avenue, in the same line of business, for thirty-five years. He was a member of a number of soci¬ eties, nnd was one of tbe oldest mem¬ bers o( St. John's Lutheran Church.
He is survived by his wife. Bertha Schmidt Chevallier; a son, Paul; a Saturday nigbt, by a man with brass j engagement of Ida May, daughter of I daughter, Mrs. Roland M. Lamb, of buttons on his coat, and what looked i Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bartow of Oak- Freeport, and two grandchildren, like a policeman's cap on bis head. I wood Ave. to Mr. Samaei Carman of | —Observer.
Brewi says tbat as he stepped off a ! Valley Stream, L. I. No date has
trolley car the man stepped from bo- j f^een set for the wedding.
hind a pole and bit him in the back,!
and when be fell down, robbed him of I "T*"" infant son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
bis money and left him there until he I ^- Wallmuller of Lindenmere Drive , jj^o^klyn Daily Times
recovered consciousness enough the I *''° *>as been suffering from an attack g'.. '.,
next morning to find bis way home '" ""—"""-.• K-**- , y k i~h
I of pneumonia is better.
CHARLES n. BAKER
Charlea D. Baker, of 6S Decatur
Street, formerly for many years editor
of the Long Island edition of th"
Brooklyn Daily Times, died suddenly
exy.
Wantagh
Night School Peter Burns of Kirkwood Ave
Rousing Succesi*=°°''''*"^ *°'''' ^"""^ "'"" p'*""'^
About ninety pupils had enrolled' when the flrst regular night school of j tbe coming City of Freepoit opened its |
doors at the Grove Street building , jhe Fire Deparment held a pinochle Monday evening, far exceeding the I .nd dance in its hall on Wednesday most sanguine expectations of Super-' { evening.
intendent Moon and the members of j '
tbe Board of Education, who had i onanimoosly backed him in this propo-; sition to benefit tbose of our citizens
Miss Vera Dean has ratvrned to tbe Albany Teachers' College after spend- wb^liiad be^'ImilDle'to ttcqu^rediHired | '"^ *''" holidays with her parents, education heretofore. Classes were i opened in commercial typewriting, '• stenography and bookkeeping. Ian- \ gnagas, millinery and sewing and me- i cbanical drawing, and tbe work was \ started without any waste of time
;and tbe I studies.
scholars assigned to their
M.
liorfday he received fuur more, one ot i in his present pastorate for nine years j Knorfle, Mrs. Elsie ^hich went to Lynbrook, one to tbe j and tbe chorcb is out of debt. ; Oaksford, Miss L.
sehool and the other two to tbe local | i O'Leary, Dr. C. A.
firm which kept tho price at $14. ' Try roy special box of cut flowers i Phipps, Dr. Howard
Tba editor of tbe Review met Mr. i 75c for tbe weekend. C. R. Ankers, Pascage. Mr. H. Lanker this week (1917) and he says | florist. Rockville Centime, L. I.: tale-! T. Benson Smith, P
tha item in tbe paper waa a lie whieh t phcna connection; delivery anywhere, j Jsnuary 9, 1917. ba did not bother to contradict, that a4i«Uss*mi , ,^ _. ""
^^ jjj^ Fraeport Tbaatra, good shows
If you want your bicycia enameled | every night.—This Friday evening tba
and overhauled to lock Ilka naw you | Triangle Fine Arte Co. presents Maa
ean get a special Winter price at Sid- j Marsh and Robert Harron in "Tba
ney Smith's, 16w Merrick Road; ba | Wharf Rat;" also Keystone Comedy
.Swains Have
! Silver Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Swain, former- ' ly of Brooklyn, but now of 64 North I Grove Street, Monday evening cele¬ brated tbe 25tb anniversary of their
FRED W. GRIM Fred W. Grim, age 63, died Monday at his bome on At¬ lantic Avenue. He was a native of Brooklyn and a former resident of Rockville Centre and Belimore. He was a Past Grand uf Rockville Centre Lodge of Odd F'ellows and a member of Rockville Centre Council, Jr. O. U. A. M.
He is survived by his wife, Minnie, , and a son, Frederick. Funeral ser- I vices were held Thursday evening from j hii home, Rev. Saul U. Curtice offici i ating; interment in Cypress Hills i Cemetery.
MATILDA FANJOY ; Matilda Fanjoy, aged 66 years, wife of George A. Fanjoy, better known as "Handy." died at her home, 851 South Bayview Avenue, on Tuesflay morn¬ ing. Funeral services were "held at the chapel at Greenfield Cemetery on „ I Thursday afternoon. Rev. Willi*m
Tbe regular meeting of the Circle I "'"«''enridge. pastor of the Baptist of King'a Daughters was heldon T«es- i J^*'""''' ffTiciating ; interment in day afternoon. i Greenfield Cemetery; C. A. Fulton,
Miss Anna Gallagher and Ansel Mac¬ Donald Baylis, both of Seaford, wer# united in marriage by Rev. Thomas S. Braithwaite on Thursday evening of laat week.
William F. Jeffrey,, wbo bas been quite sick, is somewhat improved.
Mm.
ba a^ bis coal in small purchases and loat aboitt ISOO in his efforts to accom¬ modate bia neighbors; he might bave aold aoBM of the eoal to a local firm bot ba loat money on the .whole trans- aetioa, baaidea receiving tbe abuse of tboas ba bafriandad.
W4 bave droppad tba priea oa all
of eoal. Fraaport Co*l Co., 19
B. MfeiB St.. Tai. t8».
marriage. Before their marriage Mrs. ' B"™*"* College
Swain was Miss May Frances Donald sou, of tbe Brooklyn's Stuyvesant sec tion. At tbs celebration Monday ev
funeral director
u.,„ n -u . J I The Woman's Relief Corps, of which
MaryGamer has returned to f Mrs. Fanjoy wa. . charter member which IS an adjunct ; ,„d p.gt Patriotic Instructor, held its
of Columbia University.
; services at the caroatery.
turns a bicycle out in good shape. Call in and see aoma of bia work and yon wil) find bis priee will aaU; yaa aalaet yoar own color. Haadqnartww
koowo iB»kaa in stock.
Satarday evening, tbe Patba faat- ara, in a &-act drama, "Sbadowa and Snoabloe," by Thanhausar; Haarat Maws Woakly; L-Ko aod spacial
for Iver Johnaon Mayclea, otbar )|«)I- tody. Matinoa at SrOO p. m. Woakly
progroBS ntailod npon
raoMat.
JmtarlStamma
. The" "«" ^ • basketball game be-1 SA^^H FRANCES WANSER eniing relatives were present from Bos-1 t*e*° he girls of tba Good Cbaar i Sarah f ranees wife of Richard ton. Philadelphia, Hartford Brooklyn \ Club and Baldwin this Saturday eren- j Wansar, died at her home on Merrick aod tbis village. Mr. Swain ia a vet- j Ing, January 13, at 8 ;30, at the Par Ish ' Ro.d, Saaford. Thursday, in har 62nd
eren of tba Spaaiab-AmericoB War. | Hooae. i ^^ Funeral services will be beld
Eagle, j . , j from ber late booMi Sanday afternoon
w, ,. a ' ISZT ... .1 A cooiHiittae le arraiig»n« for a pin- at 2 p. m., Bev. Robert*, paator of the
Roaolta from aitna-tioos wasted ad- ocble %o be beld for tbo tMooAt of the vertiaewaata wero oaver aero raedily King'e Daaghtera aod organ f«ad. aeeiteed tbaa now. Tbe dote aad plaee to be giveo letw
Seated M. £. Church, officiating. >itb latenneat in Greenfield Coasetery: Wilbor y. Southard, [funeral director.
Ground hii.^ been bri.li.n f. r ;; ,- erectirn of a two wtiiry cottage for Mra. Mary Mollineaux on WaHhinglon Avenue, juxt east of A. Marino"'! g-i. rage.
Frederick F>iierson is the name of the visitor at the home of iir. and Mrs. Fred Wilson.of Whitehouso .^ve- nue, born last week.
Rev. D Stanley Cooers, fiaator cif the M. E. Church of this place, who has been visiting his folks at his home, near Battle Creek, Mich., has heen re¬ ported as sick. His condition was much improved at last report and he is expected to preach in the church tbis Sonday morning, when his tnpic will be of especial interest to tbe young children.
SCHOOL NOTES During the holding of the regular mid-year examinations in tbe upper grades tbe weekly accuracy tests will be discontinued and only be held by ths lower grades.
Those receiving 100 per cent, in the test for last week are as follows:
4tb Grade—Margaret Huber.
Srd Grade—Christian Vollmer.
Those on the Honor Roll for the month of December are as follows: ,
7th and 8th Grades — Foster Kobin. Anna Montross, William Loeber, Mad¬ eline Van Nostrand, Ruth Lytle, Gor¬ don Lucey, Idella Brown. ' 6tb Grade- -.Sarah Underbill, Flor¬ ence Kohler and May Behr.
6th Grade—Henrietta Bauer, Mon¬ ica Brockmeyer and F'ranci« .Smith.
4th Grade—Anne Ziermen, Arthur Hubbard, James Pierce, Margaret Smith, Lillian Bedell, Dorothy Ryf. Margaret Huber and Klvin P^lwardn. jr.
3rd Grade Maria Carols, GracH Cornell, Elaa Ludwig, Clara Busch. John Buckley. Helen Swanson, Millie Marino, John Umbreit, Wilbur Oan dall and Maurice .Straos.
2nd Grade — I'eter Marabeck, Freida Zimmerman. Lillian Montross, Purroy Thompson, Henry .Senft, Anna Bauer, Dorothy Kalb. Kveiyn Wood, Ansel Valentine. Amelia Zierman, Ray Has¬ camp, Lillian Behr, Benjamin Shen¬ kin, Fred Schwanewede, Virginia Do¬ lan, Ethel Wilson and Rusnell Crao- dall.
1st Grade -Harry Bauer, Warren Swain. Rebecca Burd. Esther Pirkola, Kate Wiesmantie, Anns Denton, Edith f'rague, Tbeo. Paachetti, Mabel Bick¬ el, Anna Zierman, Lillian Reind, Rich¬ ard Kirwin and Scbargcy Spleni.
Tbe attendance banner for waekTiMT ing January &th was won by Miss Brown's class.
There will be an exhibition drill and review by the Second, Tbird and Fifth BatUlions of tba Signal Corps of tbo United Boys' Brigade held in tbe Rockvilla Ceatre Clob Hooae, Friday. Febraary IC Tbeae battoiiooa ooco. prise compealea E and # of Lynbrook, G aaa I of Bockvlile Centre. H att Rooaevelt. K of Volley Stfeoin. L of Inwood aod H of Rooedole.

Nassau County Review
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 12,1917
Vol. XX, No. 2
r
Freeport
Village Trustees
Social and Personal \ News of the Churches
Merrick
Bellmore
»e«pf«of the Revifw fen- mir at Crren- (Thurndsy, jHt). 4. lyiT)
•ISSl^O^iril kJvJ;^ t'=:s7vi;V'i^^^^ Application from fire department I'i. »Uln Street; siici«tie8
CATHOLIC
The tinis for the Masses on Sunduy is « -.III) and 10:.30 a. m.
Thi» column is e, and N-ial itrn\». or mak« same.
Eulton and Franklin Streets, Hemp¬ stead ; subject nex t Sunday, January 14, "Sacrament."
bership. A social hour and tea are Mineola Hospital which considerably enjoyed at 4.30. The Boy Scouts meet impaired his health and he has gone to
the highlands of New Jersey to recup¬ erate.
.'10
I named street, Elliott Place, runs from .Mahrken and Mr.
South Side Avenue to Rose Street.
money and clothing, when asked why ¦be did not apply at Neighborhood
Workers'office in one case said ahe^.Edwards President fc^d called many timea and they re- Of Frecport Club
ftised to help her. Aa this woman. At the annual election of the Free- never came to our office, in the future port Club Monday evening Elvin N. we Will appreciate it if, when anyone
if you
comes to your door for help, will take the name and 'phone or send it to us by mail. Ask the person to call at our office, :39 Railroad Averrae, between 9 and 12 in the morning. Before helping anyone please call over the phone, we probably have the case snd can give you information. If we haven't the record we will be glad to investigate the case and report it to you. It i» irnpossible to do any per¬ manent good in the community single- handed. We muat have ert operation. (Neighborhood Workers.
The December roll of honor, Free- port Hchools, IB published,.^sewhere in this issue.
Chubbuck'a drug atore was awarded a prize of $30 for third place for its , display window advortining phono ; graphs, for the Christmas season Over 500 stoiea competed
Any of our readers having a copy of i the Nassau Cnunty Review, issue of; November 10, to spare, will favor ua : by telephoning our ottice when we will ' be Rlad to send for it, to complete oar I 1916 files.
'Ita'
^olund left Monday via the Old Do minion Line lor a brii^f visit to Old Point Comfort, Norfolk, Pinehiirst and Washington.
Colyer.—Mr. and Mrs. Whitson Col¬ yer have been visiting with their son, Dr. George Clifford Colyer, at Peek- skill, N. v.. for a few davs. Dr. Col¬ yer's wi fe'a mother died Tuesday nf last week, and hin parenta went up there at that time.
Freeport liank
Continues to Prosper
The Directors of the Pre> port Hank the other offleers, alao unanimously at their last meeting pa.'-sed a rcsolu- elected, aa named by the iiotiiinatipg tinn increasing the surplus fund of the i committee, were: Forrest S. DunbAr, Bank to $75,000, thus giving to thei vice president; John S. Sumner, »ec-| depositois an additional leturily in' retary; Charles M. Vanderoef, treas-i the way of surplus. The growth and
Edwarda, who assumed his new ofTice as second assistant District Attorney of Nassau County on January 1, was addresa or unanimously elected President t-o suc¬ ceed C. Dwight Baker, who hi:id 'he ntlice for two terma, arid und( r whom 2;i menibera were added lo the Cluh roster in the last year.
The meeting was the largest attend
67r)-W, 88 p(j annual meeting in some time, and
in record
VV. C. T. U.
I Mrs. Charles W. Bedell entertained 1 the W. C. T. I), at her home, S7 Smith eits, ! Street, last Thursday afternoon, when Mrs. C. M. Flint was re-elected presi dent and Misa M. Kelley, treasurer; Mra. J. W. Wiggins was elected vice president and Mrs. Bedell, secretary.
P. M.
The G. F. S. meeta bi-weekly at 7.:!0 P. M. Choir practice ii held cm Thurs¬ days Ht 8 P. M. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend the ser¬ vices of this church and to become identified with ita community inter-
EPISgOPAL i The Woman's Guild of the Episcopal . Church of the Transfiguration will hold a cake sale at the home of Mrs. Arthur Nosworthy, 281 West Merrick Road, jSaturday afternoon of this week, Jan¬ uary 13, from 2 to 6 o'clock.
BAPTIST
I Rev. William Breckenridge, pa.stor, will preach at both servicea on Sun¬ day; 11 a. m. subject, "Kept in Per¬ fect Peace;" 7 :30 p. m.. "Jehovah-
Leo Klock and fsmily after a trial [ of Merrick attractions, stopping with' the Kobert Kiela, have decided to rent i and will take on the first of next' month the house on Oakwood Ave. I formerly occufiied by Frank Ives and family.
The annual meeting of the Second District Republican Association waa held at Firemen's Hall last Friday ev¬ ening, when the following officers were elected: John G. Deubert, president; Dr. H. V. Ho'comb, vice president; Charles E. Pitchman, recording secre¬ tary ; Charles W. Smith, financial sec¬ retary; William Wolfe, treasurer; Harry E. Merrit, sergeant-at arms. Preparations were made for an elabor¬ ate campaign at the coming town
Mr. and .Mrs. .Arthur Dennis are en¬ tertaining a young son. t^urii Sunday, January 7.
The H. K. Zeiner Co. located in the Post Office building have done away with.the grocery bu.= ine8s entirely and i henceforth will devote their attention to the s»le of coal and wood. !
.Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Ciarknoii went i South for a three months' stay on Mon- i
meeting next April all elections a good majority is assured.
and as is usual at solid Republican
Charlea Friseh, who has been con¬ fined to his home for some time, suf¬ fering from grip, is again able to be about,
.Mrs Gertude D. Willmarth. wife of Robert T. Willmarth, of Grand Ave
day, gtoppinj» at Nhphhu, Fin. for three ! ^u^^ jjed suddenly at her homo on Fri
or four weeks and then coihing with various stops.
ELVIN N. EDWARDS New President Ffeeport Club
Draws at Anierican Theatre
"Ita," the woman who tells her aud¬ ience answers to questions they have iu their pockets and which ahe does not see, continues to draw crowds at the American Theatre, and last Satur day afternoon it was neceasary to call
out the police to keep movinK the i ia always before the Clob, was dis-- crowd unable to get in. The engage-1 cussed at length, but it was decided ment of "Ita" haa been carried for-1 the time waa not right for this and ward for a third week, becaus* of thei that no action should be taken until it unosual interest ih her bright answers] was again brought before the Club
I officially.
The question of changing the time of the annual meeting occupied some
LUTHERAN j The services in this church are hild
at 10:30 a.m. and 7:45 p. m. 'Jhe I Sunday School meets at '2 :.'fO p. ni. J The devotional meeting of tbe Luther i League is held every Sunday eveninj;
bt 7:00 p. m. We extend a wtlcoiiit
lo all.
1 METHODIST
j "Every Man for Himself and God I Wants the Last Man," is to be the I topic of Dr. Curtice's sermon nexl j Sunday morning. The evening sermon is to be a sequel to tbat of the morn- i ing, the subect being "No Lonely Liv- ;ing." These two sermons will treat
The monthly meeting of the Merrick ('ivic League Inc. will be held in the I'arish House of tlieC^hurch of the Re¬ deemer next week Friday at S,30 P. M.
Harry G. .Muller has been ill at his home here for the last ten days with tlireatened appendicitis. It seems like¬ ly that an operation will be necesaary.
to the -questions put to her.
FJrst National Re-elects
At tbe annual meeting of the stock¬ holders of the First National Bank on Friday the directora, Rosweil Davis, John K. Eldridge, C. Milton Foreman,
flireciura. for two i'ear.a, Sidney ' development of this strong banking Jirch," or "God's Provision for Man's II. >'wfzey, Sidney L. Gibson, Charles institution is most gratifying to the Need." Bible School at 11:45 a.m. .V. Iiart and Hiram R. Smith; for one ; officers and directors and is an evi- i Thursday at 8 p. m., mid-week service ytar, William F. Cornell. , dence of the confidence rei)osed in it ' for prayer and Bible study.
The question of a gymniisiiiin, which hy tho reaidenta of the Village of
Freeport and its adjoininc territory. At the meeting ot the stockholders Tuesday afternoon it was decided to reduce the number of Dire^^tors to eleven, instead of twelve, as before, one of the number, George M. Randall, having died during the year. The Di¬ rectors were all then re-elected, name¬ ly, Edgar Jackson, William S. llall, Harvey B. Smith, Wallace H. Corn- well, Coles Pettit, William E. Gulder, Daniel B. Raynor, Smith Cox, D. Wesley Pine, John J. Randall and Wil¬ liam G. Miller. Charles D. Smith, Daniel Morriaon and Walter C. Rhodes were elected inspectors of election.
William S. Hail, cashier of tbis flourishing bank, will finish hia 25 j of the individualism of the Gospel on showed their appreciation by liberal years aervice as its cashier on March i the one hand and the inseparableness j anplause. The work of the Quintette 3. Mr. Hall began his banking career j of men in their character, conduct and was admirable as was to be expected in the Hempstead Bank at Hempstead experiences on the other hand. ' from such talented ladies. Miss Anna
and is now vice president of that in-, A week of prayer is being observed : Mc.Cord and George ChristolTel in so-
stitution. i this week, with special services each los were pleasing. Mrs. Calkins' pu-
,_, . f *!. OI- »i leveningfrom Tuesday to Friday, in- pils did themselvea proud and are a
I aming ot tne bnrew | elusive. ' credit to her ability as n teacher. We
Eduard Waldmann, Shakeaperean j regret that the program is not at hand
actor, is arranging an elaborate pro-' MERRICK to print in its entirety as showing the
duction of the Shakespeare sparkling j St. John's Evangelical Lutheran i "»*"•¦« o^'he piano work pursued but comedy, "The Taming of the Shrew," j Church, Camp \venue, west of Mer- ¦ suffice it to say that Merrick has not at the American Theatre on Wednes- rjck Avenue; pastor. William Stein-| been ao happy hefore io having so ex- day evening, February 24, under aus-(bicker; services every Sunday at 10:45 if e"«n' « resident piano instructor for
North (j„y morning ot last week. Funeral servicea wen? held from her late resi¬ dence Sunday afternoon, Rev. Thomafl j S. Braithwaite. former iiastor of Wan-I tagh .Memorial Church, officiating, and interment was trade m Greenfield Cemetery. Mrs. Willmarth was 41 years of age, and is aurvived by her hUMband and one daughter, Mattie.
An attractive entertainment giveii in the Parish House last Friday evening by the piano pupils of Mrs. Chas. A. Calkina assisted by a quin¬ tette of ladiea comprising Mesdames Calkins, F. G. Hill, WM. F. Rohltfs, C. H. Reach and Mrs. Ji,.M. Knobel. Weather conditions were not propi¬ tious for a large attendance but a fair- 'y good audience was present and
time and it was decided informally that it should he changed to the first Monday in June. Tbe Club will be
The annual eleclion of oflicers ofthe Bellmore Board of Trade took place at its meeting laat Monday evening in Fire.n):>n'8 Hall, tbe following being was i selected to govern that body for tbe "coming year: Peter Johnson, jiresi¬ dent; .lohn J. Gangloff, firat vich presi¬ dent; John D. Grove, sec(;nd vice (iteaident; Wiiliam HI. Bowne, third vice preaident; R. M. Dalziel, record¬ ing secretarv; Charles Witteman, financial secretary ; John J. Lowrey, treasurer; F. P. Talbott, William Wolfe. Marshall T. McDonald, Ander¬ son Bloomer, and H. J. Eaton, Hoard of Governors ; Walter Peterman, ser geanl at arms. All the standing com mittees of the previous year were re¬ appointed. This organization, whici started a little more than a year ago with B membership of only twelve, now numbers about seventy and is still growing rapidly. A number of im¬ provements of materiai benefit to the village have been secured through the Roard and aeveral more are being pro¬ jected.
.Mrs. Mary F. Mol'lnesuv ha.-t dis¬ posed of her property, corner Hemp- steadBabylun Turnpike and Nassau Road, to B. F. Mulch of F'reeport. Thia properly, containing the store building formerly occupiid by Fred and Jesse .Mcjllineaux as a grocery, has long been a landmark of thia village, and its improvement will be nf great interest and benefit to the community.
The Young People's Society of St. Paul's Episcopal Church held its regu¬ lar monthly social at the home of Mr. and Mra. Ira Searby. Centennial Ave¬ nue, last Friday, evening. .Nearly thirty members were present and sides were chosen, after which an indoor athletic meet was held, which afforded much anniaement. Rev. Adelbert J. Smith, after finishing bis services in Smithville South, was present, aa were also Rev. and Mra. William Lander of Dunton, L. I. .^t the close of the games light refreshmenta were served, Tbe aim of tbis Society is to raise sufficient funda during the coming year ao as to materially reduce the mort¬ gage on the ihurth property, ull tne proceeds from tlieir entertainments going into a fund for Ihat purpose.
Mrs (!. A. Darhiig of Niis^aii Roatl haa been conlined to her h inie for sev eral days willian attack nf the grippe.
The recent in'provcnieut nf .Mans field Avenue with I'l'ckskill gravel is greatly appriciHti 1 by the cili/eiia and achoiil chiliiii.i u Ixi have to u.«>' that tlioroiiglifart' dai!\. Uf late tlmugh. the young lads going to or reluming from school have liirnnMl a lial'il for viliich they should be spolcen to by their parents. It is ahno-it a daily sight tn i-.ee seveial of the boya in the mid.!e n; the stieet biirliiiu' the cob¬ ble inn,.- n! each other. Only recent¬ ly u. •' voimt! lad had liia collarbone crack ii, vvhile on Tuesday afternoon a giT!"'l Itny of about aix years waa struck o!, the head with n stone almut. the size of a walnut. It is hoped thai the parenta will caution their children ¦¦aiiiiis! thia practice a.-* it is very easy to tee that a bl.iw on the temple may
re: uit ill fHta! the Dli- altUik.
ir la-iting injuries to
pices of the Church of Our Holy Re¬ deemer. Mr. Wdldmann wiU appear in the principal role, that of Petrucb¬ io, while the other parts in the comedy will be taken by local talent. Mr.
offi¬ cially
The nominating committee for next year was named, consisting of Oliver J. Comminga, Clarence A. Edwards, Werner Nygren, Frank E. Pitcher, William B. Austin, Robert G. Ander¬ son and William D. Finch.
Edgar Jackson, Erneat S. Randall and i meeting before action is taken Daniel Morrison, were re-elected. C. A. Fdlton and W. H. Poat were chosen inapectora.
Tbe official report in this Issue is evidence of the continued prosperity of thii thriving inatitution.
Peters Talks on
_ •'¦ Qood Cranks
A iairly'large .srowd, weather con¬ sidered, of represeDtative|!S citizens greeted Rev. Madison C. Peters at the Baptist Cburch to hear hia talk on "Cranki" Tuesday evening. Mr. Pat¬ era apoke of "constructive cranka," oaing the word in a broad term, refer ring to inventora and pablio benefac- tora, considered cranka in tbeir day, aucb as Fulton, Stevenson and Lincoln, and emphasized tbe need—the import¬ ance—of men having the courage of tbeir convictions.
Fourteen Years Ago
called for the purpose at a special i Waldmann will be remembered by lo-
I cal theatre-goers for his performance of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," when he appeared with his own company several years ago at tbia same theatre. "The Taming of the Sbrew" was one nf tbe roost popular plays produced by Sotbern & Marlow at tbe Manhat- tan Opera House a few years ago, and
its young people.
In accepting a position on the Board i has recently been given by Mr. Wald
mann at Babylon, Bay Shore, Hunting¬ ton and other villages on Long Island.
(Items of interest from the Review flies fourtueu yeare ago this weok)
of Directors Supervisor Hiram R Smith aaid tbe work waa new to him bat b« wished to unite with his fellow-directors in helping the new President to make this a most success¬ ful year and quoted a little couplet from Byron:
To have joy one must share Happiness was born a twin Platt Conklin, who has been a di rector of the Club since its organiza¬ tion some sixteen yebrs ago, declined to accept the office any longer, and a resolution was passed expressing the appreciation and good-will of his fel low-numbers. Mr,
Weekly Weather Report
(For our readers in other localities)
Friday, January 6, rainy, warm, continuing wet since early in week.
Saturday, clear, warm.
Sunday, clear, some windy; nice day.
Monday, clear, nice day.
Tuesday, clear/in a. m., rain in af¬ ternoon, cleared off damp in evening.
Wedneaday, clear, damp in morning;
windy in afternoon, thermometer
Conklin assured I dropped from 40 at night to 20 next
thero this did not mean any less inter-' morning.
est in the work—only tbat he wished I Thursday, biting cold wind, ov« ^^^__ to be relieved of responsibility—if ' cast.
Alvin Soathard appointed baggage Jhereja. ...y^thing i^^^ pow« to^do | ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
master of L. I. R. R. at Freeport, "to better facilitate the handling of iU business here."
Charles P. Heyward gives up work and leaves for a long rest for treat¬ ment for nervous trouble brought on by overwork,
Jaroes Dean re-elected president Freaport Clab.
Charles Lenkar received a carload of eoal Friday, tbe first coasignment here in some time. Hr. Lenker was be- aiagad by a large number of persons in naed of coal and supplied a few at $10 a ton. Nearly alt tbe cargo, how- was purchased by a local coal
•van
firm, which raised tbe price to f 14 and , Beverly Road, in April.
found ready buyers at that price. On i Dr. Wilson has successfully
members to count on him to the limit. Andrews, Miss Mae
I Braman, Mr. and Mrs., F. T.. 2
Dr. Wilson Called Bamani. Mrs. p. a.
in^ Tanth V«»ai-1 Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. S.
Tor lenin lear g^,j^^^p ^^ ^^^ „,^ Emmett
The 6fficial Board of ths De Kalb Bergen, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church | Bedell, Miss Viola has called for the tenth year its pas- i Cameron, Mrs. Mary tor. Rev. Dr. W. W. Wilson (former DeMille, Miss Juanita pastor of Freeport M. E. Cburch) and I Eaulin, Mias Ola he has accepted subject to the appoint-; Freeport Glass Works ment by Bishop Luther B. Wilson, Fitzgerald, M. wbo will preside over the sessions of | prankiin. Miss Lillian tlte New York East Conference in St. ; Fisher, Josaph Mark's Church, Ocean Avenue and Franklin^ M^a. M. P. "
I Golden, Harry served | Hebbard. Jonathan
Bible School at 9:30 regular monthly meeting of the Parish Aid Society Wednesday afternoon, January 17. at tbe bome of Mrs. Kan- delin. The catechumens meet at the chapel every Wednesday at 8:15. A meeting will be beld at tbe chapel Thursday evening, January 18, for the
purpose of adopting a constitution, j "««" "«" ""ended. It is a good-fel- electing officers and attending to such i 'ow time and with smoke and conver business as may come before tbe meet- j "•*'as been suffering from an attack g'.. '.,
next morning to find bis way home '" ""—"""-.• K-**- , y k i~h
I of pneumonia is better.
CHARLES n. BAKER
Charlea D. Baker, of 6S Decatur
Street, formerly for many years editor
of the Long Island edition of th"
Brooklyn Daily Times, died suddenly
exy.
Wantagh
Night School Peter Burns of Kirkwood Ave
Rousing Succesi*=°°''''*"^ *°'''' ^"""^ "'"" p'*""'^
About ninety pupils had enrolled' when the flrst regular night school of j tbe coming City of Freepoit opened its |
doors at the Grove Street building , jhe Fire Deparment held a pinochle Monday evening, far exceeding the I .nd dance in its hall on Wednesday most sanguine expectations of Super-' { evening.
intendent Moon and the members of j '
tbe Board of Education, who had i onanimoosly backed him in this propo-; sition to benefit tbose of our citizens
Miss Vera Dean has ratvrned to tbe Albany Teachers' College after spend- wb^liiad be^'ImilDle'to ttcqu^rediHired | '"^ *''" holidays with her parents, education heretofore. Classes were i opened in commercial typewriting, '• stenography and bookkeeping. Ian- \ gnagas, millinery and sewing and me- i cbanical drawing, and tbe work was \ started without any waste of time
;and tbe I studies.
scholars assigned to their
M.
liorfday he received fuur more, one ot i in his present pastorate for nine years j Knorfle, Mrs. Elsie ^hich went to Lynbrook, one to tbe j and tbe chorcb is out of debt. ; Oaksford, Miss L.
sehool and the other two to tbe local | i O'Leary, Dr. C. A.
firm which kept tho price at $14. ' Try roy special box of cut flowers i Phipps, Dr. Howard
Tba editor of tbe Review met Mr. i 75c for tbe weekend. C. R. Ankers, Pascage. Mr. H. Lanker this week (1917) and he says | florist. Rockville Centime, L. I.: tale-! T. Benson Smith, P
tha item in tbe paper waa a lie whieh t phcna connection; delivery anywhere, j Jsnuary 9, 1917. ba did not bother to contradict, that a4i«Uss*mi , ,^ _. ""
^^ jjj^ Fraeport Tbaatra, good shows
If you want your bicycia enameled | every night.—This Friday evening tba
and overhauled to lock Ilka naw you | Triangle Fine Arte Co. presents Maa
ean get a special Winter price at Sid- j Marsh and Robert Harron in "Tba
ney Smith's, 16w Merrick Road; ba | Wharf Rat;" also Keystone Comedy
.Swains Have
! Silver Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Swain, former- ' ly of Brooklyn, but now of 64 North I Grove Street, Monday evening cele¬ brated tbe 25tb anniversary of their
FRED W. GRIM Fred W. Grim, age 63, died Monday at his bome on At¬ lantic Avenue. He was a native of Brooklyn and a former resident of Rockville Centre and Belimore. He was a Past Grand uf Rockville Centre Lodge of Odd F'ellows and a member of Rockville Centre Council, Jr. O. U. A. M.
He is survived by his wife, Minnie, , and a son, Frederick. Funeral ser- I vices were held Thursday evening from j hii home, Rev. Saul U. Curtice offici i ating; interment in Cypress Hills i Cemetery.
MATILDA FANJOY ; Matilda Fanjoy, aged 66 years, wife of George A. Fanjoy, better known as "Handy." died at her home, 851 South Bayview Avenue, on Tuesflay morn¬ ing. Funeral services were "held at the chapel at Greenfield Cemetery on „ I Thursday afternoon. Rev. Willi*m
Tbe regular meeting of the Circle I "'"«''enridge. pastor of the Baptist of King'a Daughters was heldon T«es- i J^*'""''' ffTiciating ; interment in day afternoon. i Greenfield Cemetery; C. A. Fulton,
Miss Anna Gallagher and Ansel Mac¬ Donald Baylis, both of Seaford, wer# united in marriage by Rev. Thomas S. Braithwaite on Thursday evening of laat week.
William F. Jeffrey,, wbo bas been quite sick, is somewhat improved.
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ba a^ bis coal in small purchases and loat aboitt ISOO in his efforts to accom¬ modate bia neighbors; he might bave aold aoBM of the eoal to a local firm bot ba loat money on the .whole trans- aetioa, baaidea receiving tbe abuse of tboas ba bafriandad.
W4 bave droppad tba priea oa all
of eoal. Fraaport Co*l Co., 19
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marriage. Before their marriage Mrs. ' B"™*"* College
Swain was Miss May Frances Donald sou, of tbe Brooklyn's Stuyvesant sec tion. At tbs celebration Monday ev
funeral director
u.,„ n -u . J I The Woman's Relief Corps, of which
MaryGamer has returned to f Mrs. Fanjoy wa. . charter member which IS an adjunct ; ,„d p.gt Patriotic Instructor, held its
of Columbia University.
; services at the caroatery.
turns a bicycle out in good shape. Call in and see aoma of bia work and yon wil) find bis priee will aaU; yaa aalaet yoar own color. Haadqnartww
koowo iB»kaa in stock.
Satarday evening, tbe Patba faat- ara, in a &-act drama, "Sbadowa and Snoabloe," by Thanhausar; Haarat Maws Woakly; L-Ko aod spacial
for Iver Johnaon Mayclea, otbar )|«)I- tody. Matinoa at SrOO p. m. Woakly
progroBS ntailod npon
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. The" "«" ^ • basketball game be-1 SA^^H FRANCES WANSER eniing relatives were present from Bos-1 t*e*° he girls of tba Good Cbaar i Sarah f ranees wife of Richard ton. Philadelphia, Hartford Brooklyn \ Club and Baldwin this Saturday eren- j Wansar, died at her home on Merrick aod tbis village. Mr. Swain ia a vet- j Ing, January 13, at 8 ;30, at the Par Ish ' Ro.d, Saaford. Thursday, in har 62nd
eren of tba Spaaiab-AmericoB War. | Hooae. i ^^ Funeral services will be beld
Eagle, j . , j from ber late booMi Sanday afternoon
w, ,. a ' ISZT ... .1 A cooiHiittae le arraiig»n« for a pin- at 2 p. m., Bev. Robert*, paator of the
Roaolta from aitna-tioos wasted ad- ocble %o be beld for tbo tMooAt of the vertiaewaata wero oaver aero raedily King'e Daaghtera aod organ f«ad. aeeiteed tbaa now. Tbe dote aad plaee to be giveo letw
Seated M. £. Church, officiating. >itb latenneat in Greenfield Coasetery: Wilbor y. Southard, [funeral director.
Ground hii.^ been bri.li.n f. r ;; ,- erectirn of a two wtiiry cottage for Mra. Mary Mollineaux on WaHhinglon Avenue, juxt east of A. Marino"'! g-i. rage.
Frederick F>iierson is the name of the visitor at the home of iir. and Mrs. Fred Wilson.of Whitehouso .^ve- nue, born last week.
Rev. D Stanley Cooers, fiaator cif the M. E. Church of this place, who has been visiting his folks at his home, near Battle Creek, Mich., has heen re¬ ported as sick. His condition was much improved at last report and he is expected to preach in the church tbis Sonday morning, when his tnpic will be of especial interest to tbe young children.
SCHOOL NOTES During the holding of the regular mid-year examinations in tbe upper grades tbe weekly accuracy tests will be discontinued and only be held by ths lower grades.
Those receiving 100 per cent, in the test for last week are as follows:
4tb Grade—Margaret Huber.
Srd Grade—Christian Vollmer.
Those on the Honor Roll for the month of December are as follows: ,
7th and 8th Grades — Foster Kobin. Anna Montross, William Loeber, Mad¬ eline Van Nostrand, Ruth Lytle, Gor¬ don Lucey, Idella Brown. ' 6tb Grade- -.Sarah Underbill, Flor¬ ence Kohler and May Behr.
6th Grade—Henrietta Bauer, Mon¬ ica Brockmeyer and F'ranci« .Smith.
4th Grade—Anne Ziermen, Arthur Hubbard, James Pierce, Margaret Smith, Lillian Bedell, Dorothy Ryf. Margaret Huber and Klvin P^lwardn. jr.
3rd Grade Maria Carols, GracH Cornell, Elaa Ludwig, Clara Busch. John Buckley. Helen Swanson, Millie Marino, John Umbreit, Wilbur Oan dall and Maurice .Straos.
2nd Grade — I'eter Marabeck, Freida Zimmerman. Lillian Montross, Purroy Thompson, Henry .Senft, Anna Bauer, Dorothy Kalb. Kveiyn Wood, Ansel Valentine. Amelia Zierman, Ray Has¬ camp, Lillian Behr, Benjamin Shen¬ kin, Fred Schwanewede, Virginia Do¬ lan, Ethel Wilson and Rusnell Crao- dall.
1st Grade -Harry Bauer, Warren Swain. Rebecca Burd. Esther Pirkola, Kate Wiesmantie, Anns Denton, Edith f'rague, Tbeo. Paachetti, Mabel Bick¬ el, Anna Zierman, Lillian Reind, Rich¬ ard Kirwin and Scbargcy Spleni.
Tbe attendance banner for waekTiMT ing January &th was won by Miss Brown's class.
There will be an exhibition drill and review by the Second, Tbird and Fifth BatUlions of tba Signal Corps of tbo United Boys' Brigade held in tbe Rockvilla Ceatre Clob Hooae, Friday. Febraary IC Tbeae battoiiooa ooco. prise compealea E and # of Lynbrook, G aaa I of Bockvlile Centre. H att Rooaevelt. K of Volley Stfeoin. L of Inwood aod H of Rooedole.